In 2007, Ms. Rachel Boyd used blogs in her room 9 classroom at the Nelson Central school in New Zealand. Her classroom has a blog from last year that is very interesting. This blog page has videos posted by the students in this classroom. There are also links to their class writing blogs, blog archive, podcasts, other classroom blogs from Nelson, and even more interesting links. Ms. Boyd also posts a video about why we should let students blog. You can also click on the link they titled "Our 2008 Blog" to find out what her class is doing this year.
2 comments:
Good job. It seems that New Zealand is really on top of blogging. I have seen quite a few post regarding New Zealand schools. Keep up the good work.
Hi Tomeka,
Thanks for the mention of my class' blog! I have been blogging with students for over 3 years now and have never looked back. It has been amazing how our classroom has opened up and how much my students have learned from sharing their experiences and learning with others. A while ago I also made a video on why students can blog which you can view here:
http://tinyurl.com/2z9aaa
Anyway, you might like to check out some of my links if they are any use to you. Thanks for the mention in the post :)
http://rachelboyd.wikispaces.com/
http://room9nelsoncentral2008.blogspot.com/
http://nelsoncentral.wikispaces.com/
Cheers,
Rachel Boyd
Nelson, New Zealand
rachelboyd@xtra.co.nz
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